cloud in the distance. it was raining yesterday, georgetown, howard. more than two inches of rain falling over the last 48 hours. take a look. just off to the west of hagerstown, maryland, more than six inches of rain. they had flooding there as well. radar, we've been seeing the showers make their way on through. left us with a few light scattered showers. a whole lot of clouds. over the next couple of hours, yeah, more of the same. a lot of humidity. scattered light showers for the first part of the day. 76, our temperature, with southeast wind at six miles per hour. and then as the day unfolds we'll go from patchy fogs to drenching storms for the afternoon again any time until about 2:00 or 3:00. at noontime, top out today and about 83 to 84 degrees during the afternoon. so there's your labor day forecast for you. we will see highs today in the low to mid 80s with humidity, a lot of it, and stormy conditions

for the afternoon. let's hit the roads now. >> not too bad on the beltway. travel lanes are open in each directions. let's take a look at the outer loop just after georgetown pike, that accident is cleared out of the way. hov restrictions lifted in virginia it now. 95 looking fantastic. springfield, live look at the occoquan. 11-minute ride from the occoquan to the beltway at 61 miles an hour. and the only restrictions in place are route 50 in maryland. richard, angie, back to you. breaking news at 4:31. five people are dead and injured. four others were injured including two americans hurt after a suicide booming in pakistan. it happened in the knot wall street city of peshawar. police say a car filled with explosives crashed into a u.s. government vehicle earlier this morning. no americans were killed in the attack but two americans who work at a u.s. consulate were seriously hurt. no terrorist group has come forward to claim responsibility for the deadly bombing.

isaac has come and gone leaving people in the gulf region to clean up the mess it left behind. right now hundreds of thousands of people are still without power, including more than 200,000 in louisiana alone. the storm killed at least seven people, five in louisiana and two in mississippi. the army corps of engineers is investigating whether the new levees installed after hurricane katrina actually caused flooding in other areas. meanwhile, president obama will travel down to louisiana today to tour the storm-ravaged state. the president will meet with local officials and view response and recovery evident for thes. declare federal emergencies in louisiana and mississippi, hoping to speed up federal aid to those effected by isaac. janet napolitano visited the area yesterday and mitt romney toured louisiana on friday. this morning democrats are on their way to north carolina for the democratic national convention. so is the republican vice

presidential nominee, paul ryan will campaign today in greenville. that's about 250 miles from charlotte where the convention begins tomorrow. vice president joe biden had planned on campaigning in tampa during the start of the gop convention but he canceled those plans though because hurricane isaac was approaching the area. biden is issuing a new warning about mitt romney. he says the republican presidential nominee is ready to go to war in syria and iran. the vice president made that comment yesterday in pennsylvania. he says romney prefers policies that favor confrontation over cooperation. romney said he had considered it. president obama has made similar comments. the democratic national convention may not begin tomorrow until but the festivities begin today in charlotte. delegates and visitors will an tend carolina fest. it will include live music and performances by james taylor and other singers. it attracting several demonstrators. they took to the streets

yesterday speaking out in favor of several causes. police arrested two people but they say the protests were generally peaceful. democrats from virginia are seeing firsthand how important the common wealth is this lerkz year. they have prime seats on the floor of the time warner arena for the convention. >> we are a key battleground state receive aggregate deal of attention. and delegates from the district and maryland both heavily democratic, not so lucky. their seats are actually in the back of the arena. jim vance and tom sherwood are in charlotte for the democratic national convention and they will be live on news4 all week filing reports. killed in afghanistan, will be honored today. petty officer first class of edge water, maryland, died in a blackhawk helicopter crash last month. six other u.s. service members also died this morning. family and friends are asking residents to line the road with

flags as his body travels to the funeral home. a viewing will be held tomorrow. a drowning death yesterday afternoon along needwood road. 59-year-old his wife found him at the bottom of the backyard swimming pool. her daughter called 911 why she tried to get him out of the pool and performed cpr. he died at the hospital a authority short time later. this morning we're looking at the surveillance video that led to assault charges for prince george's officer. the footage was taken from a store in brentwood, maryland. it shows an officer striking a man with his gun. you can see a flash. and that's the gun actually going off. now, because of this video corporal donald taylor was charged with second degree assault last month. taylor lied about the february incident. he claimed the man trying to rob a nearby gas station attempted to take his gun. that suspect, 19-year-old ryan dorm, spent four months in jail

until prosecutors dropped the charges. >> well, the video contradict what's the officer originally wrote in the charging documents. what it shows is that my client didn't lie. my client is a criminal, they put his face on television and said that he committed these crimes and he didn't. >> dorm and his lawyer have filed a $10 million lawsuit against the police department and cop rrporal taylor. get busted by a d.c. new speed camera and you will get a ticket. the grace period is now over. tickets will set you back between $75 and $250, depending on how fast you're going. the speed cameras generated more tan $66 million for the city this year alone but the calmera are more about keeping people safe. the search for clues this morning after a plane slams to the ground during a weekend air show. a bit of a break from the

rain but, hey, don't get used to it. storm team4 meteorologist veronica johnson has your soggy holiday forecast next with weather and traffic on the ones.

competitive eater captured a new word record. joey "jaws" chestnut scarfed down the buffalo chicken wings in 12 minutes.

he beat the old record set last year. chestnut set out alexandria's virginia black widow thomas. it was all part of the buffalo national wing festival but where else but new york. it's been a good year for chestnut. took home his sixth straight hot dog eating title earlier this year. >> do you think those were boneless wings? that would be tough. >> i don't know. but i'm still wondering where koe kobayashi is. >> yeah, it was banned. he's fuld. let's see if we can check out with veronica johnson. we had rufr showers last night. >> yes, we did. guys, that heavier rain coming through about 10:00. 11:00, but that's over for now. for the afternoon, you can expect to see the downpours coming through. your sun rise in a little less than two hours when it comes up, we're going to have some clouds mix with the sun kind of like yesterday. it's going to be plenty sticky out there. look at your temperatures around

the area. that mass sass, coming in at 73. chantilly, damascus, 72 degrees. here's a look at your hour by hour forecast at noontime. again, a little bit of sunshine poking through. a better chance of showers and even storms for the afternoon. high today, 83 droos. know that when we get any of those storms we are talking about more of the same. the drenching downpours from the remnants, what's left of isaac. so on this labor day, 83 for a high temperature with bev yot 60% chance of rain for today. up to 70% chance for your tuesday. still, very humid air. temperatures won't change very much. wednesday, too, but even a greater threat of showers and storms coming our way on wednesday before end of the week drying. so keep a watchful high in the sky today. we head to the roads again with mike. >> not too bad right now on the interstates. things are good on 395 as you

make the trip north. live look at the cameras. edsall road. hov restrictions have been lift we'd the xips of route 50 in maryland because of the federal holiday. 14th street bridge. it's a 12-minute ride from the beltway to the bridge at 67 miles an hour. richard, angie, back to you. >> thanks. the time is 4:42. still to come, protesters sounding the alarm outside the white house. the issue, trying to draw attention to. plus, after months of talk we now know when steven strasburg will throw his

another violent day in syria. rebels say they blew up the syrian army's general headquarters in damascus earlier today. it was in response to government forces killing at least 125 men yesterday in a coordinated strike of opposition village. president bashar al-assad has

resorted to bulldozing neighborhoods that housed the rebel forces. still lobbying russia and china the intervene but they seem reluctant to enter that war-torn country. it prompted a large demonstration in front of the white house. americans of the syrian-american counsel gathered yesterday urging president obama and other lawmakers to do more, saying the sanctions against syria simply aren't enough to curb the violence in the country. >> to supply the army weapons that they can defend themselves against the air strike, against the fighter jets and helicopters and thanks that's killing the city gls the protesters also said that intervening would help america's national security interests. a man who called himself the messiah and founded a new religious movement passed away. sun moon died earlier today. he founded the unification church in the 1970s and the

church is probably best known for holding mass weddings. moon also was the founder of the "washington tiles." officials for the unification church say moon died from knew mean -- you moania. blen smith was flying in formation with two other jets sad when he tailed to make a turn and crashed. smith was the newest member of the hopper flight team but pilots said he had 25 years of flight experience. hundreds of spectators were watching when the plane went down. no one in the crowd was hurt if national transportation safety board is investigating the crash. several buildings at a historical in portland oregon burned to the ground. 200 firefighters were called out to bat the fire. three of the six buildings are considered a total loss. investigators will spend the day sifting through the ashes. firefighters say it could take a week though to determine the cause. one person is behind bars

this morning accuse of stabbing a man to death. around 1:00 in the morning yesterday d.c. police were called out to the 1200 block of delaware avenue southwest. just a few blacks from nationals park. officers found a man stabbed in the chest. he was taken to the hospital. he died of his injuries. police have not released the name of either the suspect or the victim in this case. the case is 4:47. one of d.c. mayor vincent gray's former aides will find out tomorrow whether he will go to prison. ford pleaded guilty earlier this year. he faces 12 to 18 months in prison. gore is one of three campaign workers who have pledded guilty in part of investigation into gray's 2010 campaign. the mayor hasn't been accused of breaking the law at this point. for many labor day is not just a time to enjoy the last days of summer. it's also a time to remember those who bravely fought for our country during world war ii. a special sir moan any was held yesterday at the world war ii memorial on the national mall.

it was held to commemorate the 67th anniversary of v-jay day. they defeated japan in 1945. a performance from the u.s. reens corps quinn tet. one month ago in the regular season the nationals already have more wins than they had in all of last season. they won again yesterday, beating the cardinals, 4-3. it was the nats '81st victory of the year. they also hold a 6 1/2-game first place lead over the atlanta braves. steven strasburg pitched brilliantly yesterday. he struck out nine hitters. gave up just two hits. didn't allow a single run in the sixth inning. the nationals will only get two more outings from strassberg. the team says he will be shut down for the season after new york. the final game at home will be friday night against the marlins. the nats have said all year they're going to limit his

pitches. >> so many people upset about that. but has to be done. they have to make the calls. and hopefully he's going to be feeling better here soon. back on the mound. >> making the call today. i want folks to have a good labor day. even though we've got some rain yesterday. we're going to get some more rain today. it's a day for -- >> a day off. we don't but a lot of people do. >> exactly. get another cup of coffee and enjoy us here through the morning. outside ro right now we've got cover. yes, mostly cloudy skies. sun rise less than two hours away. 76 degrees. but look at that dew point temperature. 72 degrees. i stepped out to my car today here getting to work. 87% relative humidity. plenty sticky out there. we still have showers coming through the area. not any big storms but showers down through prince william county down south toward fredericksburg right around that i-95 area. meanwhile, some bigger rain set off to the west of us coming through areas of western west

virginia into ohio and kentucky. and you can see a little bit of the spin there. what's left, that's the area of low pressure. what's left of isaac, so this system is not done yet. it's still producing some tropical rains and will be interacting with the weather front around our area today. let's get you started here in our future weather. showers around winchester, gaithersburg. down south where they are right now. we'll continue to see some wet weather coming on through. occasional showers today. embedded thunderstorms. any of those storms could produce very heavy rain. a lot of it in a short period of time. 6:00 a.m. tomorrow, you guessed it. more wet weather around the area. probably even morning fog to get us started. showers and storms for your tuesday afternoon. a greater threat for wednesday coming up with the rest of the system kind of coming through. over the next couple of days, at least for today, another half to over an inch of rain, especially around loudoun county, montgomery county. by the time we get to this rain moving out late wednesday, some

areas could have more than three inches of rain. 80 to 84 degrees for a high temperature. occasional showers. heavy at times. then for the evening hours, we continue with that rain chance. 72 to 77. so warm one for today. sticky one for today. you will want to keep an eye on the sky. it's not going to be a washout but certainly wet at times. 85 for tuesday. 86 on wednesday. thursday and friday, dry. we're back to rain next weekend again. unfortunate for another weekend with rain. mike? thank you, veronica. things are looking good on the interstates. no serious problems to report on the beltway. let's take a look at 270 heading south. no serious accidents or backup there's. looking great right now at f father hurley. looking good on the beltway. ten-minute ride on the outer loop from two 72 and 595. hov restrictions have been lift we'd the exception of route 50 because of the holiday, in maryland. richa

richard, angie, back to you. oil rigs in gulf coast are reopening as isaac leaves the region but there's still little oil being pumped out of the area. the bureau of safety around environmental enforcement says 71% of the gulf of mexico's daily oil production is still offline. as of yesterday around 20% of production platforms are still empty because of the storm. companies in the gulf say it usually takes a few days to fully restore production. the shutdown of oil means you're paying more at the pump. in fact, prices hit a record high for labor day averaging around $3.85 a gallon. news4 oath seth lemon joins us now from bethesda. >> reporter: if you're filling the pinch at the pump this morning that's because these are the highest gas prices ever for a labor day weekend. here in bethesda, maryland, prices are well above $4 a gallon due in part to hurricane isaac. drivers hit the road in large numbers. aaa say $23 million traveled by

car. nationally they're paying on average just above $3.80 per gallon. the previous record was set in 2008. drivers were paying $3.68 a gallon. some good news, the prices are expected to go down by the end of september when the holiday travel season dies down and summer dies down as well. so there is some light at the end of the tunnel. reporting live in bethesda, maryland, seth lemon, news4. the time is 4:53. coming up, no ordinary courtship. the accusations being thrown at tom cruz about his search for a wife. why you do not have to wait until black friday to find if best deals at the mall. why you may have a tough time enjoying the favorite cuisine. president clinton: this election to me is about which...

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♪ the wet weather couldn't stop the annual labor day concert. it was moved inside to the eisenhower theater at the kennedy center. they made the decision yesterday because of the threat for bad weather. thankfully it didn't impact the crowds. the national symphony orchestra played to a packed house. deep discounts on everything from school supplies and fall clothing. labor day weekend sales offer the steepest online discounts

for clothing, shoes and accessory mark downs from more than 150 store 'the holiday discounts average 48%. get this, they were just 42% for black friday. it's also great time to pick up summer merchandise on huge mark downs like patio furniture and those grills. you you may be a dit disappointed if you have a giant crab feast planned for this labor day. many rest rapts say there's a shortage of jumbo and large crabs because of hurricane isaac. the storm damaged docks and roads along the gulf coast which disrupted the supply of crabs in our area. usually crabs are har vesed in maryland but local waters have produced mostly medium size crabs this year. this is a problem that actually started back in june. isaac is definitely adding to it but back in june we heard from natural resource officers saying that the weather was that to blame because we had the cold spell and hot again and a lot of wind involved. they were already dealing with the shortage in smaller crowds. over try to catch a blue crab?

you're mad when there's not a lot of meat in it because it's a lot of work. >> you know, wonder a shortage of krobs mean a surplus of thunder they go hand in hand? >> i know. i usually stay easy with the butter and i like a little fries. you know. >> oh, boy. >> fries and crab. they work together. yeah. a little vinegar on that, delicious. >> no vinegar. the time is 4:48. stay with us. "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. final preparations under way for a democratic national convention gu but some are making sure their voices are being heard now. emergency crews called in to help rescue people after all our rain leaves a d.c. neighborhood under water yet again.

thank you for joining us. i'm eun yang. >> i'm richard jordan in for aaron gilchrist. a live look outside. this roads are wet. you are feeling the humidity and patches of fog in some spots. let's chink in veronica johnson. >> it feels tropical out there this morning. doesn't it? >> it feels like that in the studio. >> sticky. >> exactly. >> first we want it down, now we want it up. >> like yesterday we're going to sigh highs in the mid 80s. what i want to know though is what are you folks doing today? what are you going to do today? tweet me. take a look around the area. the temperature is 72 to 75 degrees. and dew point temperature is what we look at for and intd indication of moisture. what want to know what it is? 70 degrees right now. any time you get those numbers really close, it's like yuck outside. it is plenty soupy. satellite and radar o